Turning on/off your camera

How to use the control button

POWER button

POWER

POWER lamp

,Press POWER.

The POWER lamp (green) lights up and the power is on. When you turn on your camera for the first time, the Clock Set screen appears (page 15).

Turning off the power

Press POWER again. The POWER lamp goes out, and the camera turns off.

•Do not leave the camera with the lens portion extended for a long period of time with the battery pack or the AC Adaptor removed, as this may cause a malfunction.

•If you turn on the power when the mode dial is

set to , P, S, A, M, SCN or , the lens portion moves. Do not touch the lens portion

while it is operating.

Auto power-off function

If you do not operate the camera for a while* during shooting or viewing or when performing SET UP, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the battery. The auto power-off function only operates when the camera is operating using a battery pack. The auto power-off function also will not operate in the following circumstances.

•When viewing movies

•When playing back a slide show

•When a connector is plugged into the

(USB) jack or the A/V OUT (MONO) jack.

*When [Power Save] is set to [On]: approximately 90 seconds When [Power Save] is set to [Off]: approximately three minutes

Spot

Center

Multi

 

Metering Mode

WB

ISO

 

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

 

 

 

 

 

WB

ISO

P.Quality

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To change the current settings of the camera, bring up the menu or the SET UP screen (page 39), and use the control button to make the changes.

For each item, press v/V/b/B to select the desired value, then press the center z or v/V/b/B to make the setting.

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